GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...
they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

On Jul 22, 11:20 am, " wrote:
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...
they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

From: Marcus Roberts ]
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:50 AM
To: '; ';
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Cc: '; 'YK Areti'; ';
'
Subject: state of war
Importance: High


As of 11:48 Eastern Time, July 22, 2007, a state of chess war exists
between St Kitts and Nevis and Barbados for

1. Refusing to help us with the 2006 advanced agenda of FIDE to gain
provisional admission to enable us to play in the 2006 world chess
championship
2. Invading St Kitts with newspaper ads by Allan Herbert of Barbados
trying to establish a hostile FIDE government
3. Illegal Immigration via the Olympiads

Marcus Roberts
Permanent Delegate of St Kitts and Nevis to FIDE (acting)

wrote in message
ups.com...
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

That's a good price, but how does a person get a review copy?

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

I told you, didn't I, that I was photographed with Arnold, who mistook me
for a Russian GM, and since the surrounding circus [a USCF board meeting
confronting financial reality] was so absurd, I didn't correct him at the
time. And merely said 'Da!' to his inquiries.

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...

hee! hee! not exactly mincing language!

they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Yeah - Arnold liked my writing somehow, and never twigged that we had met as
above, me as GM Innozki

But I liked something penetrating in his volunteered writing which cut
through so much bull! I am very glad that GM Evans has recorded this
material - not for its shadenfreude aspect of continuous cheating and
wool-gathering at USCF, but for the spirit that resents it!

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

You are a bit modest here, Mr. Parr. I note this is a very highly regarded
book internationally - and you will have sur-written Arnold, neh?

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

Good! I want to review this book. I want others to do so too - lest we
forget something we all seem to have lost, the spirit of the thing! If Larry
Evans has captured that aspect of the life of Arnold Denker, then he has
done very well indeed.

Phil Innes

Contact: www.cardozapub.com


Chess One wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

That's a good price, but how does a person get a review copy?

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

I told you, didn't I, that I was photographed with Arnold, who mistook me
for a Russian GM, and since the surrounding circus [a USCF board meeting
confronting financial reality] was so absurd, I didn't correct him at the
time. And merely said 'Da!' to his inquiries.

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There

was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...

hee! hee! not exactly mincing language!

they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Yeah - Arnold liked my writing somehow, and never twigged that we had met as
above, me as GM Innozki

But I liked something penetrating in his volunteered writing which cut
through so much bull! I am very glad that GM Evans has recorded this
material - not for its shadenfreude aspect of continuous cheating and
wool-gathering at USCF, but for the spirit that resents it!

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

You are a bit modest here, Mr. Parr. I note this is a very highly regarded
book internationally - and you will have sur-written Arnold, neh?

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

Good! I want to review this book. I want others to do so too - lest we
forget something we all seem to have lost, the spirit of the thing! If Larry
Evans has captured that aspect of the life of Arnold Denker, then he has
done very well indeed.

Phil Innes

On Jul 22, 4:00 pm, " wrote:

was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and

I am sure glad that things are not like that any more!

Sam

On 22 Jul, 16:00, " wrote:
Contact:www.cardozapub.com





Chess One wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

That's a good price, but how does a person get a review copy?

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

I told you, didn't I, that I was photographed with Arnold, who mistook me
for a Russian GM, and since the surrounding circus [a USCF board meeting
confronting financial reality] was so absurd, I didn't correct him at the
time. And merely said 'Da!' to his inquiries.

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There

was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and



thieves...

hee! hee! not exactly mincing language!

they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Yeah - Arnold liked my writing somehow, and never twigged that we had met as
above, me as GM Innozki

But I liked something penetrating in his volunteered writing which cut
through so much bull! I am very glad that GM Evans has recorded this
material - not for its shadenfreude aspect of continuous cheating and
wool-gathering at USCF, but for the spirit that resents it!

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

You are a bit modest here, Mr. Parr. I note this is a very highly regarded
book internationally - and you will have sur-written Arnold, neh?

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

Good! I want to review this book. I want others to do so too - lest we
forget something we all seem to have lost, the spirit of the thing! If Larry
Evans has captured that aspect of the life of Arnold Denker, then he has
done very well indeed.

Phil Innes- Hide quoted text -

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FORGOT TO MENTION

Cardoza Publishing offers a 20% discount for THE CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS
if ordered online. Publication date is August 28, 2007.

www.cardozapub.com

The following exchange took place here last year when this book was
announced.

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.politics, rec.games.chess.misc
From: "Taylor Kingston"
Date: 8 Aug 2006 09:35:01 -0700
Local: Tues, Aug 8 2006 9:35 am

Hell, yes. Evans has shown he can ruin his reputation just fine
without any help. -- Taylor Kingston

Cardoza announced that it will be publishing best-selling author
Larry Evans' next book THE CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS. Kingston
is the ideal person to review this book. Surely he would apply his
usual standards of fairness and objectivity. -- Larry Parr

Fine. Send me a review copy. -- Taylor Kingston










wrote:
Contact: www.cardozapub.com


Chess One wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

That's a good price, but how does a person get a review copy?

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

I told you, didn't I, that I was photographed with Arnold, who mistook me
for a Russian GM, and since the surrounding circus [a USCF board meeting
confronting financial reality] was so absurd, I didn't correct him at the
time. And merely said 'Da!' to his inquiries.

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There

was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...

hee! hee! not exactly mincing language!

they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Yeah - Arnold liked my writing somehow, and never twigged that we had met as
above, me as GM Innozki

But I liked something penetrating in his volunteered writing which cut
through so much bull! I am very glad that GM Evans has recorded this
material - not for its shadenfreude aspect of continuous cheating and
wool-gathering at USCF, but for the spirit that resents it!

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

You are a bit modest here, Mr. Parr. I note this is a very highly regarded
book internationally - and you will have sur-written Arnold, neh?

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

Good! I want to review this book. I want others to do so too - lest we
forget something we all seem to have lost, the spirit of the thing! If Larry
Evans has captured that aspect of the life of Arnold Denker, then he has
done very well indeed.

Phil Innes

On Jul 23, 11:44 am, " wrote:
FORGOT TO MENTION

Cardoza Publishing offers a 20% discount for THE CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS
if ordered online. Publication date is August 28, 2007.

www.cardozapub.com

The following exchange took place here last year when this book was
announced.

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.politics, rec.games.chess.misc
From: "Taylor Kingston"
Date: 8 Aug 2006 09:35:01 -0700
Local: Tues, Aug 8 2006 9:35 am

Hell, yes. Evans has shown he can ruin his reputation just fine
without any help. -- Taylor Kingston

Cardoza announced that it will be publishing best-selling author
Larry Evans' next book THE CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS. Kingston
is the ideal person to review this book. Surely he would apply his
usual standards of fairness and objectivity. -- Larry Parr

Fine. Send me a review copy. -- Taylor Kingston

wrote:
Contact:www.cardozapub.com

Chess One wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK....

"The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August.
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95.

That's a good price, but how does a person get a review copy?

I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger.

The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a
low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

I told you, didn't I, that I was photographed with Arnold, who mistook me
for a Russian GM, and since the surrounding circus [a USCF board meeting
confronting financial reality] was so absurd, I didn't correct him at the
time. And merely said 'Da!' to his inquiries.

Never one to mince words, Arnie always fought for the players
against the chess bureaucrats. 'Because I had just retired as a
successful
businessman people wanted me to inspect the US chess federation books.
There

was then no question that the USCF was run by crooks and
thieves...

hee! hee! not exactly mincing language!

they simply stole with phony contracts, took money for years of
service
and the like...all the time while leaving players destitute. Even
Fischer was
playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York.'

Yeah - Arnold liked my writing somehow, and never twigged that we had met as
above, me as GM Innozki

But I liked something penetrating in his volunteered writing which cut
through so much bull! I am very glad that GM Evans has recorded this
material - not for its shadenfreude aspect of continuous cheating and
wool-gathering at USCF, but for the spirit that resents it!

Denker's second book, The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories
(1995)
is a sheer classic by a superb raconteur about the many colorful
characters
he met through chess. "How fortunate for us that he and his
collaborator
have the rare gift to tell it like it was," I noted in the foreword.

You are a bit modest here, Mr. Parr. I note this is a very highly regarded
book internationally - and you will have sur-written Arnold, neh?

"He was a hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy," said his coauthor Larry
Parr. "Arnie loved everything he did, right down to crossing streets
by
running through traffic with a saint's faith that he would make it to
the other side."

At last he crossed to the other side. Hail and farewell, Arnie.

Good! I want to review this book. I want others to do so too - lest we
forget something we all seem to have lost, the spirit of the thing! If Larry
Evans has captured that aspect of the life of Arnold Denker, then he has
done very well indeed.

Phil Innes


My advice would be to first send a review copy to
IM Innes, to see if there are any analytical errors;
only after this pre-screening process should a
(possibly revised) copy be sent to 2300+ Taylor
Kingston for his review. This way, there will be no
need for any arguments regarding whether the
author, the proofreader, or a random reviewer is
responsible for any errors which might creep in.

Of course, going by the title, it will probably
focus mainly on politics and personal quibbling
amongst chess people, not analysis.


I would like to say that the point regarding Bobby
Fischer seems very odd; how is it that his supposed
poverty was the responsibility of the corrupt USCF
politicos and not, say, having a single mother or of
him being in school, or just him not really being a
professional chess player yet? It smacks of oppor-
tunism, of getting in a cheap shot at the target as
opposed to any rational commentary on BF's life.


Back when I was still purchasing chess books on
occasion, it irked me that the prices were going up,
up, up, higher and higher, while at the same time the
quality of many chess books had fallen to new lows.
This Cardoza price of $10 -- $8 if ordered online -- is
a welcome improvement. In about three hours work
(giving chess lessons to Rob Mitchell) I could earn
enough to add this to my large collection.


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My advice would be to first send a review copy to
IM Innes, to see if there are any analytical errors;
only after this pre-screening process should a
(possibly revised) copy be sent to 2300+ Taylor
Kingston for his review.

Why bother? Both you and I could say what the 2300+ reviewer will say
without him having to tediously actually read the book. One is not expected
to take such things too seriously, where he is, as we understand from his
publisher, who doesn't take copyright entirely seriously - it the attitude
of one's approach to these matters which is paramount, doncha know?

MIRROR, MIRROR,

On the cafe wall
Who is the fairest [reviewer]
of them all?

Thou art, O Kingstonite,
But for Ker-ist's sake!

Read the friggin thing all the way through this time, and don't get
distracted by women's shoes, or some other doo-dad thing - they're killin us
out there!

This way, there will be no
need for any arguments regarding whether the
author, the proofreader, or a random reviewer is
responsible for any errors which might creep in.

Um.

Of course, going by the title, it will probably
focus mainly on politics and personal quibbling
amongst chess people, not analysis.

O cool! Having read a snippet of Arnold already, I think he really shoves it
to 'em, and maybe at last we'll all see what the real talent thinks of the
circus masters?

I would like to say that the point regarding Bobby
Fischer seems very odd; how is it that his supposed
poverty was the responsibility of the corrupt USCF
politicos and not,

This is 'a point?' Or is this a bit of pre-Kingstonite thrown in to freeze
thinking, as such?

say, having a single mother or of
him being in school, or just him not really being a
professional chess player yet? It smacks of oppor-
tunism, of getting in a cheap shot at the target as
opposed to any rational commentary on BF's life.

You mean to say that the fatherless kid from Brooklyn who rocked the whole
world at chess, should be glossed over, and un-smacked, as you put it? We
all shouldn't mention it since we are all great chess players and of single
parents ourselves, and this sort of thing is so passe these days? hardly
worth a mention...

Back when I was still purchasing chess books on
occasion, it irked me that the prices were going up,
up, up, higher and higher, while at the same time the
quality of many chess books had fallen to new lows.
This Cardoza price of $10 -- $8 if ordered online -- is
a welcome improvement. In about three hours work
(giving chess lessons to Rob Mitchell) I could earn
enough to add this to my large collection.

The price of things is utterly common, Sir, the worth of things is rara
avis.
Has his majesty considered that there may be things in His vast collection
which he has not yet completely mastered?

Of course, this will inhibit any 'lording over' Rob Mitchell, who, BTW, is a
chess player who makes his own mistakes, which is a good sign!

Phil Innes

-- help bot

On Jul 23, 1:53 pm, "Chess One" wrote:
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My advice would be to first send a review copy to
IM Innes, to see if there are any analytical errors;
only after this pre-screening process should a
(possibly revised) copy be sent to 2300+ Taylor
Kingston for his review.

Why bother? Both you and I could say what the 2300+ reviewer will say
without him having to tediously actually read the book. One is not expected
to take such things too seriously, where he is, as we understand from his
publisher, who doesn't take copyright entirely seriously - it the attitude
of one's approach to these matters which is paramount, doncha know?

MIRROR, MIRROR,

On the cafe wall
Who is the fairest [reviewer]
of them all?

Thou art, O Kingstonite,
But for Ker-ist's sake!

Read the friggin thing all the way through this time, and don't get
distracted by women's shoes, or some other doo-dad thing - they're killin us
out there!

This way, there will be no
need for any arguments regarding whether the
author, the proofreader, or a random reviewer is
responsible for any errors which might creep in.

Um.

Of course, going by the title, it will probably
focus mainly on politics and personal quibbling
amongst chess people, not analysis.




O cool! Having read a snippet of Arnold already, I think he really shoves it
to 'em, and maybe at last we'll all see what the real talent thinks of the
circus masters?


I think we already know what that feeling is. Therer is almost a total
disconnect between the players and the organization the is charged
with representing chess in the USA as the "official" FIDE
representative organization in the USA. I think if there was an
alternative to the USCF , they would cut off the lights in Crossville.
Rob


I would like to say that the point regarding Bobby
Fischer seems very odd; how is it that his supposed
poverty was the responsibility of the corrupt USCF
politicos and not,

This is 'a point?' Or is this a bit of pre-Kingstonite thrown in to freeze
thinking, as such?

say, having a single mother or of
him being in school, or just him not really being a
professional chess player yet? It smacks of oppor-
tunism, of getting in a cheap shot at the target as
opposed to any rational commentary on BF's life.

You mean to say that the fatherless kid from Brooklyn who rocked the whole
world at chess, should be glossed over, and un-smacked, as you put it? We
all shouldn't mention it since we are all great chess players and of single
parents ourselves, and this sort of thing is so passe these days? hardly
worth a mention...

Back when I was still purchasing chess books on
occasion, it irked me that the prices were going up,
up, up, higher and higher, while at the same time the
quality of many chess books had fallen to new lows.
This Cardoza price of $10 -- $8 if ordered online -- is
a welcome improvement. In about three hours work
(giving chess lessons to Rob Mitchell) I could earn
enough to add this to my large collection.

The price of things is utterly common, Sir, the worth of things is rara
avis.
Has his majesty considered that there may be things in His vast collection
which he has not yet completely mastered?

Of course, this will inhibit any 'lording over' Rob Mitchell, who, BTW, is a
chess player who makes his own mistakes, which is a good sign!

Phil Innes



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